# (Perhaps Surprising) Things That Make a Guy Sexy To You **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775 "2001-10-01T15:44:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/61 "2001-10-02T10:03:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > \*\*All this, and I’m single. Who wants me? \*\* Superdude, how _you_ doin’? 😉 [sub]All right, so I don’t get much practice with online flirting, so what…[/sub] For me, it’s rarely something physical. Thinking back to the first time that King Horny opened up a big can o’ whup-ass on me (and many subsequent times, when you get down to it) there’s a particular facial expression that kind of reels me in. One guy in particular had this combination of angelic eyes and “dare you,” pure mischief smile. Something about that look gets me in trouble every time. Not that I’m bitching about that, mind 😉 The other thing I’m an absolute sucker for, is someone who’s recently been dumped. Just call me Miss Rebound… ---
**Author:** ![Deej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Deej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deej)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/62 "2001-10-02T12:40:09Z")
My blonde husband in a black turtleneck makes me swoon every time. I’m a member of a rescue squad that is part of our local fire department. I love truck washing day. All the firefighters put on their bunker pants and boots and take their shirts off…half uniformed half nekkid firefighters…mmmmmmm…and they’re WET to boot! I notice a mans hands more than anything else. Nice big strong hands that look like they could handle anything. A man with hands that are whiter and softer than mine is icky. It doesn’t matter what the rest of him looks like. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/63 "2001-10-02T12:59:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jmonster \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > > Fireman? > > Nope. But I would have been third generation had I passed the psychological test. My OCD and anxiety disorder disqualified me. > > Wouldn’t OCD be **good**? You know, checking to make sure all the people were out of the burning building? \*\* Not combined with anxiety, it wouldn’t. “But I just finished _washing_ that truck!” ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/64 "2001-10-02T13:00:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LindyHopper \* > Genus IV is way dumbed-down. Real men play Genus II or, better yet, the Baby Boomer edition. > > No one will play Trivial Pursuit with me, either. Especially the original Genus edition; I’ve played it so many times I’ve got most of the questions memorized. [/shameless bragging] Having the answers memorized is one thing; being able to ask and then answer the other five questions on the card having been asked the first is another. Alright, I’ll edit the challenge. We’ll go with the Baby Boomer edition, and you still get to pick the stakes, Maeg. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/65 "2001-10-02T13:02:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tavalla \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > > \*\*All this, and I’m single. Who wants me? \*\* > > Superdude, how _you_ doin’? ;)\*\* Doin’ quite alright now…how _you_ doin’? Oh, and **jmonster** (hey! Haven’t talked to you since ChiDope! How are ya?), OCD _would_ be a good thing in that instance. It’s that whole thing about buttoning and unbuttoning the coat six times, and driving the truck aroound the block a few times that did me in. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/66 "2001-10-02T13:05:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lno \* > \*\* > > Alright, I’ll edit the challenge. We’ll go with the Baby Boomer edition, and you still get to pick the stakes, Maeg. \*\* Can I get in on this, too? ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/67 "2001-10-02T13:53:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Deej \* > \*\* > > I’m a member of a rescue squad that is part of our local fire department. I love truck washing day. All the firefighters put on their bunker pants and boots and take their shirts off…half uniformed half nekkid firefighters…mmmmmmm…and they’re WET to boot! > > \*\* **THUD** _Cranky falls off her chair in a dead swoon_ ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/68 "2001-10-02T13:54:20Z")
My wife comes from a close knit family. Her mother is one of seven sisters and they are all pretty close. On one of my first big family gatherings after being introduced to them all (and fearing social situations) I took my grey around the temples head and went and played soccer with their kids. (and I totally kicked ass against them) So now all my aunt-in-laws seem to ‘really like’ me. huuummmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/69 "2001-10-02T13:58:40Z")
How exactly is internet TP going to work? ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/70 "2001-10-02T14:19:14Z")
In general circumstances, it can’t, given the ease of use of Google. However, we’re all friends here, and can be trusted not to search for answers. So, IRC looks like the best way to go, I suppose, with an impartial third (or fourth, or fifth) party handling the questions and adjudicating close answers. (And just to stay on topic- a surprising thing that makes a woman sexy to me is an ability to find the answer to any question through a search engine within 20 seconds. Oh, man, skilled usage of the engine; nothing quite like it.) ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/71 "2001-10-02T17:04:57Z")
The way a man looks from behind. Wide strong shoulders, narrow waist, round ass in a tight pair of jeans. . . . Mmmmmmmmmmmmm baaaaaaa-byyyyyyyyyyyy. The way those upper back muscles feel when they contract. 😉 Motorcycle cops with handcuffs. Sweaty firemen with dirty faces. Baseball players. Messy hair. Good voice, big laugh. Accents. Expressive bedroom eyes (Josh Harnett is a perfect example). Guys who are really uncomfortable doing things like shopping, cooking, wearing a tux, but do them anyway just to make me smile. If they are willing to do these things for me, I am more than willing to do “things” for them. 😉 Definitely the baby thing as well as acknowledging and speaking to my kids like they are real people. Someone who smells good. A guy who is not only vocal in bed, but knows when to talk sweet, sexy, or down-right nasty. The sound of their breath when it quickens and then the sound of their moans. There ain’t much sexier than that! Men who are strong and big (not necessarily huge or muscular, but not willowy and lean) and make you feel protected. I like my men to have some physical substance on their bones with a little bit of Neanderthal mentality (think Puddy on Seinfeld). Someone who is happy. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/72 "2001-10-02T17:09:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diane \* > \*\*A guy who is not only vocal in bed, but knows when to talk sweet, sexy, or down-right nasty. > > The sound of their breath when it quickens and then the sound of their moans. There ain’t much sexier than that! > \*\* Oh, hell yeah! Feedback is such a major turn on. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/73 "2001-10-02T17:18:00Z")
Okay, I’ll toss a suggestion out there and see if it falls to the ground like a wet newspaper. I’ve seen this one on an online journal I read, and it’s a little odd. Men with blood on their faces. When the star of the movie has been beaten up, this woman thinks that looks way sexier than before the fight. Actors she wouldn’t give a second glance suddenly get her fires roaring. So. Weird? Attractive? FWIW, the reverse (beat-up women) most emphatically DOES NOT work for me. Now, a woman who’s been exercising hard and looks all disheveled, like Linda Hamilton at the end of Terminator or T2, or Ripley after she’s rescued Newt… that’s different… ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/74 "2001-10-02T17:56:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > **Men with blood on their faces. When the star of the movie has been beaten up, this woman thinks that looks way sexier than before the fight. Actors she wouldn’t give a second glance suddenly get her fires roaring.** Mmmmm… I’ll jump on that, but it depends on how the blood got there. Bruce Willis in Die Hard… Mel Gibson in Braveheart… Liam Neeson… oh yeah. But something like Saving Private Ryan, or a blood-n-guts horror movie, nah. Someone will probably chime in here and say it appeals to the inner nuturer, that we want to take care of the poor bloodied baby, but I will emphatically deny that. It’s much more primal than that for me… it shows me that a guy knows how to get a little rough. You know that scene in the first Highlander movie? Where Christopher Lambert utters the line “Do as I say, woman”? Sometimes I **want** that. Okay… I’m officially weird. But it works. 😃 -BK ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/75 "2001-10-02T18:20:35Z")
Oh–another one that came up in that journal. How about watching guys shave? Particularly when just wearing boxers (them, not you)? ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/76 "2001-10-02T18:25:47Z")
IRC might work, but truly I do not know whether I will be able to block a big enough slot for a real game in advance. I just got two new matters at work today, so I will be putting in at least the next few weekends at the office. We shall see. 😉 MR ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/77 "2001-10-02T19:23:38Z")
Also, just out of curiosity, what do you women think of guys in glasses? ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/78 "2001-10-02T20:00:23Z")
I LOVE guys in glasses!!! ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/79 "2001-10-02T20:06:35Z")
Always had a soft spot for the studious type. And what **bobkitty** said about the rough and tumble type. _rowl_. ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775/80 "2001-10-02T20:22:23Z")
I like glasses, too. Not as much as I like the moment when the glasses come off… Is it just me, or is it hot in here? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-guy-sexy-to-you/84775.md?page=5)